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Reading List and Videos
Popular Journals | Books | Professional Journals | Allan Savory Writings | Videos, Endorsements & Awards | Other Resources
Popular Journals
Using Primeval Methods to Fight Modern Abuses of Agricultural Lands
New York Times
Darius Dixon, June 7, 2010
Method That Turns Wastelands Green Wins 2010 Buckminster Fuller Challenge
Fast Company
By Cliff Kuang, June 2, 2010
How Cows (Grass-Fed Only) Could Save the Planet
Time Magazine
Lisa Abend Monday, Jan. 25, 2010
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1953692,00.html
Holistic Land Management: Key to Global Stability
Forbes
Terry Waghorn, 12/20/2012
Greener Pastures
Seed Magazine
By John Thackara / June 3, 2010
http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/Greener_Pastures/P1/
Greener pastures: How cows could help in the fight against climate change
The Guardian
Judith D Schwartz, Friday 22 July 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jul/22/cows-climate-change
How to Save the Grasslands: Bring in More Cattle
Time Magazine
Judith D. Schwartz Tuesday, Sept. 07, 2010
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2016079,00.html#ixzz2BfTbRW23
The Brown Revolution: Increasing Agricultural Productivity Naturally
The Atlantic
Lisa M. Hamilton, Sep 29 2011
Reversing desertification with livestock
Our World 2.0, United Nations University
Robert Blasiak, May 30, 2012
http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/reversing-desertification-with-livestock/
New breed of ranchers shapes a sustainable West
CSMonitor
Todd Wilkinson, July 29, 2012
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2012/0729/New-breed-of-ranchers-shapes-a-sustainable-West
Restorative Grazing
Yes Magazine
Dan Dagget, Sep 30, 1997
http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/sustaining-watersheds-of-the-pacific-northwest/906
Just Planting Trees Won’t Stop March of Deserts
Judith D. Schwartz, June 16, 2012
http://www.psmag.com/environment/seeing-drylands-trees-42998/
Grazing for Change
BayNature
Cindy Spring, April 01, 2004
http://baynature.org/articles/grazing-for-change/
An Interview with Seth Itzkan: Using Holistic Management to Address Desertification and Climate Change
Worldwatch Nourishing the Planet Blog
Carol Dreibelbis, November 11, 2012
http://blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet/an-interview-with-seth-itzkan/
Books
Gardeners of Eden: Rediscovering Our Importance to Nature
Dan Dagget
Thatcher Charitable Trust (August 2005)
http://www.amazon.com/Gardeners-Eden-Rediscovering-Importance-Nature/dp/096662291X
Beyond the Rangeland Conflict: Toward a West That Works
Dan Dagget
Good Stewards Project; 2nd edition (January 2000)
http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Rangeland-Conflict-Toward-Works/dp/0966622901
For the Love of Land: Global Case Studies of Grazing in Nature's Image
Jim Howell
BookSurge Publishing, 2008
http://www.amazon.com/For-Love-Land-Studies-Grazing/dp/143921610X
Comeback Farms: Rejuvenating Soils, Pastures and Profits with Livestock Grazing Management
Greg Judy
Green Park Press (August 2008)
http://www.amazon.com/Comeback-Farms-Rejuvenating-Livestock-Management/dp/0972159738/
No Risk Ranching: Custom Grazing on Leased Land
Greg Judy
Green Park Press (August 2002)
http://www.amazon.com/No-Risk-Ranching-Custom-Grazing/dp/0963246089/
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Michael Pollan
Penguin (August 28, 2007)
http://www.amazon.com/Omnivores-Dilemma-Natural-History-Meals/dp/0143038583/
Foraging Behavior: Managing to Survive in a World of Change - Behavioral Principles for Human, Animal, Vegetation, and Ecosystem Management
Frederick D. Provenza,
Utah State University Press, 2003.
http://www.amazon.com/Foraging-Behavior-Behavioral-Principles-Vegetation/dp/B002M2V3W8/
Holistic Management, A New Framework for Decision Making
Allan Savory and Jody Butterfield
Island Press, Washington, D.C., 1999
http://www.amazon.com/Holistic-Management-Framework-Decision-Making/dp/155963488X
Revolution on the Range: The Rise of a New Ranch in the American West
Courtney White
Island Press, 2008
http://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Range-Rise-Ranch-American/dp/1597261742/
Professional Journals
Alfaro-Arguello R., A.W. Diemont S., 2010. Steps toward sustainable ranching: An emergy evaluation of conventional and holistic management in Chiapas, Mexico. Agricultural Systems 103 (2010) 639–646
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X10000983
Earl, J.M., Jones, C.E., 1996. The need for a new approach to grazing management—is cell grazing the answer? Rangeland Journal 18, 327–350.
http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/RJ9960327.htm
Gill, C., 2009. Doing What Works, Range Magazine, Fall 2009
http://www.rangemagazine.com/features/fall-09/fa09-what_works.pdf
Jacobo, E.J., Rodríguez, A.M., Bartoloni, N., Deregibus, V.A., 2006. Rotational grazing effects on rangeland vegetation at a farm scale. Rangeland Ecology and Management 59, 249–257.
http://srmjournals.org/doi/abs/10.2111/05-129R1.1?journalCode=rama
Knapp AK, Blair JM, Briggs JM, Collins SL, Hartnett DC, Johnson LC, Towne EG. 1999. The keystone role of bison in North American tallgrass prairie. BioScience 49: 39–50.
http://temperate.lternet.edu/collins/biblio/keystone-role-bison-north-american-tallgrass-prairie
Porteous J, Smith F, 2008. Farming a Climate Change Solution, ECOS Magazine, Vol 141, February - March, 2008, pp 28-31.
http://www.ecosmagazine.com/?paper=EC141p28
Provenza, F., 2013. Get Ready for a Shift in Perspective: Connecting Humans, Animals and Landscapes for the Good of All, Inside Behavior Analysis, Volume 5, No 1, February 2013.
Savory, A. 1983, The Savory Grazing Method or Holistic Resource Management. Savory, Rangelands 5:155-159.
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3900847?uid=3739696
Savory, A. 2000. Letters to the Editor. Rangelands. June. 2000. 22(3). pp 32-33.
Stinner, D. 1997. Biodiversity As an Organizing Principle in Agroecosystem Management: Case Studies of Holistic Resource Management Practitioners in the USA. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, vol. 62:199-213
http://www.ecoagriculture.org/greatest_hits_details.php?id=889
Teague, W.R., Provenza, F.D., Norton, B.E., Steffens, T., Barnes, M.K., Kothmann, M.M., Roath, R.L., 2009. Benefits of multi-paddock grazing management on range- lands: limitations of experimental grazing research and knowledge gaps. In: Schroder, H.G. (Ed.), Grasslands: Ecology, Management and Restoration. Nova Science Publishers, New York, pp. 41–80.
Teague, R. 2011. Grazing management impacts on vegetation, soil biota and soil chemical, physical and hydrological properties in tall grass prairie. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. Volume 141, Issues 3–4, May 2011, Pages 310–322
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880911000934
Walsh D. 2009. The holistic management approach: Etiwanda Station, NSW, in DKCRC Working Paper 57, The Central Australian Grazing Strategies Project Working Paper Series. Desert Knowledge CRC, Alice Springs, Australia.
http://nintione.com.au/publication/dkcrc-0747
Weber K.T., Gokhale B.S., 2011. Effect of grazing on soil-water content in semiarid rangelands of southeast Idaho, Journal of Arid Environments, Volume 75, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 464–470
http://journals2.scholarsportal.info/details.xqy?uri=/01401963/v75i0005/464_eogoscisrosi.xml
Weber, K. T., Horst, S., 2011. Desertification and livestock grazing: The roles of sedentarization, mobility and rest. Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 2011, 1:19 doi:10.1186/2041-7136-1-19
http://www.pastoralismjournal.com/content/1/1/19
Allan Savory Writings and Interviews
Holistic Management, A New Framework for Decision Making
Allan Savory and Jody Butterfield
Island Press, Washington, D.C., 1999
http://www.amazon.com/Holistic-Management-Framework-Decision-Making/dp/155963488X
Healing the World’s Grasslands, Rangelands and Savannas
Worldwatch, Nourishing Planet blog
Allan Savory
Reversing Desertification
Living on Earth radio interview
Week of June 4, 2010
http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=10-P13-00023&segmentID=7
The Savory Grazing Method or Holistic Resource Management
Savory, A. 1983. Rangelands 5:155-159.
A Global Strategy for Addressing Global Climate Change
Allan Savory, 2008
Letters to the Editor
Savory, A. 2000. Rangelands, June. 2000. 22(3). pp 32-33.
Videos, Endorsements, Awards
HRH Prince Charles Endorsement of Allan Savory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsmhTACrfOk
Allan Savory - 2010 Buckminster Fuller Challenge Award Winner
http://challenge.bfi.org/winners/challenge_winners/2010
Virgin Earth Challenge announces leading organisations
http://www.virgin.com/people-and-planet/blog/virgin-earth-challenge-announces-leading-organisations
TED Community Profile
http://www.ted.com/profiles/1505378
Allan Savory - TED’s “Ads Worth Spreading”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOmlw2eiW1I&feature=related
Allan Savory - Keeping Cattle: cause or cure for climate crisis?
Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability lecture, Dublin, Ireland, 2009
Allan Savory - Keeping Cattle: cause or cure for climate crisis? (EXTRACTS)
Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability lecture, Dublin, Ireland, 2009
Savory Institute - Holistic Planned Grazing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxgDcBHTFm4&feature=related
Reversing global warming with livestock?: Seth Itzkan at TEDxSomerville
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOpoRdpvlh0
Allan Savory - Lecture at Tufts University, January 25, 2013
http://fletcher.tufts.edu/CIERP/News/more/Allan-Savory-Fletcher-Jan2013
Allan Savory - TED talk: How to green the desert and reverse climate change, February 27, 2013
Other Resources
Savory Institute
Africa Center for Holistic Management
http://achmonline.squarespace.com/
The Natural Fix? The Role of Ecosystems in Climate Mitigation
UNEP 2009